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Thursday May 11, 2017 8:00am

"Overseeing an organization whose purpose is to help every industry grow through innovation - which includes evaluating and reducing risk - makes Dr. Lou Gritzo an excellent fit to chair our board of directors," said Ed Bernstein, IRI President.

Wednesday May 10, 2017 5:15pm

Tushman says that the actions taken by the executive leadership during this evolution have more influence over this process than many assume and reverberate through the innovation streams in play at the organization's R&D wing.

Thursday May 11, 2017 8:00am

"Joi is pushing that reinvention even further. His vision, energy, and dedication to changing the world in positive ways are evident in his actions. We are honored for the opportunity to recognize his work and contributions to technology."

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Wednesday August 02, 2017 4:00pm

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Industrial Research Institute's R&D Trends Forecasts

R&D Trends Forecasts from Around the Globe

The following R&D Trends Forecasts were published from members of The World Federation of Industrial Research Associations (W-FIRA). W-FIRA is the first organization of its type, and its mission is to increase and develop cooperation on a global scale to further the leadership of technological innovation throughout the world. Members of W-FIRA are: AIRG, Anpei, EIRMA, JRIA, KOITA, and IRI.

Australia

Australia has continued to experience economic growth however there have been shifts in some sectors like Mining, Food and Automotive sectors which will impact the Manufacturing sector, SME’s and R&D moving forward.

Current trends indicate that Australia is experiencing a significant evolution within core sectors of the economy. Australia is experiencing a move to more of a knowledge-based economy. This transition has increased the focus on how innovation and technology will play a key role in managing the transitions within these sectors and contribute to building new industries that will prosper in a competitive global economy.

Europe

European funds for research and innovation activities are distributed between several interlinked EU programs. For the current period (2014-20), the main program, Horizon 2020 (the eighth framework program for research and innovation), started in 2014, is fully dedicated to funding such activities across all policy fields.

Horizon 2020 is the largest European R&D framework program since the early days of the European community. It is structured along three pillars -- excellent research; industrial leadership; and grand societal challenges.

Korea

The world economy is expected to continue slow growth in 2016, with decreased world trade owing to slowed growth of the Chinese market, and financial crises looming for emerging markets due to the raising of interest rates by the United States. Whereas Korean economy is maintaining gradual growth as a result of improved domestic consumption, forecasts are not bright due to reduced exports as a result of the global economic slowdown.

The world economy has been recovering at a slow pace since the second quarter of 2013 as the national debt of developed countries is gradually restructured following the economic slump in 2011, and this trend is expected to continue through 2014. The global economy’s road to the recovery paints a bright picture that the Korean economy in 2014 will improve compared to 2013, but some difficulties are also expected.

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Monday October 02, 2017 – Thursday October 05, 2017

Powered largely by content developed within IRI, the Summit is an in-depth exploration of various working group findings and special reports on IRI's year-long initiative on "Stragegic Challenges in R&D Talent Management."

Research-Technology Management is the award-winning, bi-monthly journal of the Industrial Research Institute, published since 1958. It contains peer-reviewed articles covering the entire spectrum of...